Founded in 1996 with support from the Fetzer Institute, the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence is dedicated to advancing the research and practice related to emotional intelligence in organizations. With 25 current members from a variety of fields ranging from academic appointments to consultants, the Consortium continues to fulfill its mandate to « study all that is known about emotional intelligence in the workplace. » First-time visitors seeking to learn about the basic activities of the Consortium will want to spend some time browsing through the Research section of the site, which contains helpful background papers addressing the importance of
emotional intelligence and developing standards for the field. The site also contains the detailed and recently updated research agenda of the Consortium, along with profiles of current members. Finally, a detailed reference section contains a detailed bibliography of scholarship that will be of interest to those seeking to read additional material within the discipline. [KMG]
http://www.eiconsortium.org/
[ For teachers and research : explore this new notion of Emotional Intelligence in the perspective of what type of training is provided in the working world, so what skills are expected from our students after school.
Among the many resources, you can read this online technical manual
http://www.eiconsortium.org/research/ECI_Tech_Manual.pdf
which describes EI, lists the expected competencies:
« The Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) measures 20 competencies organized into four clusters: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Social Skill. » (p6) and explains how they can be detected, enhanced and how executives can be coached to develop them. And then maybe you can think of a way to adapt this to our teaching practice…. ]
